Launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon-1 "Resilience" to International Space Station with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Soichi Noguchi onboard
Notes: 1) pre-launch photos of Sam and Edgar by Julia; 2) launch photos shot from Shiloh's Steak & Seafood parking lot in Titusville about 10 miles from Pad 39A; 3) first launch photo is a crop of fisheye shot with light shining on Indian River
November 15, 2020
Launch of ULA Atlas V with 3 solid fuel boosters and NRO-101 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
November 13, 2020
Daytona Beach Shores
November 14, 2020
MaxQ
Second stage with separated first stage
First stage entry burn 200-300 miles away
for return to drone landing platform Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean
Three solid fuel rocket boosters fall away
Ignition
Liftoff
Cleared tower
Ignition
Note: Smoky contrails are left by solid fuel rocket boosters, not liquid first stage engines. Rockets without solid rocket boosters do not have beautiful long contrails like this one which was also enhanced by the sunset by then only seen from the high altitude.
Main engine cutoff and second stage start-up
Second stage with very faint first stage image
Crabby's Oceanside, Daytona Beach
Shiloh's Steak & Seafood, Titusville
Julia's brother Edward from Dunkirk, Maryland spends the week with us, and Sam returns home from Embry-Riddle for early winter break because of Covid-19
